Acaulospora excavata

Acaulospora excavata is a species of fungus in the family Acaulosporaceae. It forms arbuscular mycorrhiza and vesicles in roots. The fungus, first isolated from soil under the tree Terminalia ivorensis in the Ivory Coast, was described as new to science in 1994.[1]

Acaulospora excavata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Glomeromycota
Class: Glomeromycetes
Order: Diversisporales
Family: Acaulosporaceae
Genus: Acaulospora
Species:
A. excavata
Binomial name
Acaulospora excavata
Ingleby & C.Walker (1994)

References

  1. Ingleby K, Walker Cm Mason PA. (1994). "Acaulospora excavata sp. nov. – an endomycorrhizal fungus from Cote D'Ivoire". Mycotaxon. 50: 99–105.


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